IRE Conferences: Boston Demo Rooms

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IRE Conferences: Boston Demo Rooms
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Preliminary Program

Time Panels Location
Thursday, March 11, 1999

2:30 p.m. -
3:20 p.m. Using software for effective training
Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth University Demo Room

Friday, March 12, 1999

9:00 a.m. -
9:50 a.m. Understanding how significance testing can lead your reporting
Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post Demo Room

10:00 a.m. -
10:50 a.m. Sampling in the newsroom: Testing court records, on-time performance and other independent studies
Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post Demo Room

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Making the leap from linear to logistic regression
Phil Meyer, University of North Carolina
Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post Demo Room

1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Online maps and other ways of using environmental and demographic data
CIESIN Staff Demo Room

3:00 p.m. -
3:50 p.m. Using mapping to examine school busing and desegregation
Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer Demo Room

Saturday, March 13, 1999

9:00 a.m. -
9:50 a.m. Check it out: How to verify a database's details
Andy Lehren, Dateline NBC
Jo Craven, The Washington Post Demo Room

11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Data Integrity check-up: Tips and tricks for keeping your data clean and your confidence high
Richard Mullins, NICAR
Drew Sullivan, The Tennessean Demo Room

1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. TRACFED: Tracking what the federal investigators and prosecutors do, not what they say
David Burnham, TRACFED Demo Room

Time	Panels	Location
Thursday, March 11, 1999
2:30 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.	Using software for effective training Jeff South, Virginia Commonwealth University	Demo Room
Friday, March 12, 1999
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.	Understanding how significance testing can lead your reporting Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post	Demo Room
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.	Sampling in the newsroom: Testing court records, on-time performance and other independent studies Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post	Demo Room
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.	Making the leap from linear to logistic regression Phil Meyer, University of North Carolina Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post	Demo Room
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.	Online maps and other ways of using environmental and demographic data CIESIN Staff	Demo Room
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.	Using mapping to examine school busing and desegregation Ted Mellnik, The Charlotte Observer	Demo Room
Saturday, March 13, 1999
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.	Check it out: How to verify a database's details Andy Lehren, Dateline NBC Jo Craven, The Washington Post	Demo Room
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.	Data Integrity check-up: Tips and tricks for keeping your data clean and your confidence high Richard Mullins, NICAR Drew Sullivan, The Tennessean	Demo Room
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.	TRACFED: Tracking what the federal investigators and prosecutors do, not what they say David Burnham, TRACFED	Demo Room